One never knows what the future will bring. Six months ago, working with Uganda was the furthest thing from my mind. I was looking for a supplier of windows for exports to Mexico, and the supplier, Bill McCloud, a Christian businessman from Southern California, mentioned he had been to Uganda and was driven by the need to provide housing for orphans.

Then at a meeting in Stockton aimed at minority businesses, by chance I met Edrine Ddungu, a Ugandan who has lived in Sacramento for 25 years, but whose heart is still in the old county. Edrine is a leader of the Ugandan community in California, some 20,000 strong; VP of the Sacramento Interfaith Council and owner of EDL & Associates with offices in Sacramento and Kampala. For years he has served as an unofficial Ambassador for his country.....TO VIEW FULL STORY, CLICK HERE